Field Engineer
About the Role:
An established technology services provider is seeking a Field Engineer to join its growing engineering team. This is a varied, customer-facing role responsible for installing, maintaining, and upgrading telecommunications and IT infrastructure across customer sites, data centres, and network environments.
The successful candidate will enjoy a mix of hands-on engineering, troubleshooting, and customer interaction, working with a wide range of networking and connectivity technologies.
Key Responsibilities:
- Install and configure networking and telecommunications equipment, including routers, switches, modems, and associated infrastructure.
- Deliver onsite and remote technical support to customers.
- Carry out maintenance and fault-finding activities to restore services quickly and effectively.
- Perform service migrations and technology upgrades.
- Install and manage power, fibre, and structured cabling within rack environments.
- Load and validate device configurations where required.
- Record engineering activity accurately and maintain job documentation.
- Ensure equipment is correctly packaged, labelled, and returned following project completion.
- Deliver a high standard of customer service while managing time efficiently across multiple assignments.
About you:
- Minimum of three years' experience within a Telecoms, Networking, IT Infrastructure, or Field Engineering environment.
- Experience installing, supporting, or troubleshooting network and communications equipment.
- Strong fault-finding and diagnostic skills.
- Excellent communication and customer service abilities.
- Comfortable working independently and managing workload effectively.
- PC literate with experience using remote access and support tools.
Desirable Skills
- Experience with Cisco, Juniper, or similar networking technologies.
- Router and switch configuration experience.
- Knowledge of telecoms circuits, broadband, and connectivity services.
- Structured cabling experience.
- Experience working within data centres or rack-based environments.
What's on Offer:
- Competitive salary of circa £35,000.
- Vehicle or car allowance.
- Opportunity to work with a broad range of networking and telecommunications technologies.
- Ongoing training and development.
- A varied field-based role with significant customer interaction and technical responsibility.
If you're an experienced Field Engineer, Telecoms Engineer, Network Engineer, or Infrastructure Engineer looking for a varied and hands-on opportunity, we'd love to hear from you.
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